Supreme Court of Maryland
State v. Matthews
November 21, 2022
Summary
The court held that the trial court acted within its discretion under Maryland Rules 5-702 and 5-403 when it admitted testimony estimating the height of a person carrying a shotgun in surveillance footage. Although the expert could not quantify the effect of several variables on the measurement's uncertainty, the methodology was reliable, there was no analytical gap, and the limitations affected the testimony's weight rather than its admissibility. The court reversed the intermediate appellate court's judgment and directed reinstatement of the convictions.